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Take note of Catherine McKeen's tombstone. She was the proprietress and postmistress at the old McKeen Hotel for many years. Never married, she is buried to the right of her bachelor brother, Samuel. Many visitors mistakingly believe that Samuel is Catherine's husband because their tombstones are of a similar style stand side by side. Her father, Robert, who purchased the Wading River property from the Leek family lies nearby.
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THE ADAMS-COFFEE CONNECTIONA modern style tombstone bears the name of Anna S. Coffee, a name that seems out of place in this small country cemetery. Anna Staza Adams, niece of Catherine McKeen, inherited the old McKeen Hotel and the surrounding property along the Wading River after the deaths of Catherine and Samuel McKeen. Anna ran the old hotel and tended the Wading River bridge for many years. Thus, the property owner surnames from which the cemetery received its current name, Adams-Leek-McKeen, was now complete. Anna married George Coffee late in life, resulting in the name "Anna S. Coffee" on the tombstone.
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